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[ noun ] an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Synonyms Examples "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity" "the earthquake was a disaster" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The release , the freedom , involved in loving another is either terribly difficult or_else absolutely impossible ; and the motion toward it brings disaster . Again , the sufferings and disasters produced by any transgression against the commandment not to love are almost invariably associated in one way or another with childhood , with the figure of a child . Related terms misfortune kiss_of_death visitation plague famine meltdown apocalypse act_of_God |
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[ noun ] a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
Synonyms Examples "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system" "his policies were a disaster" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)And yet we obviously also believe that the avoidance of the disaster depends in some obscure or at_least uncertain way on the details of how we behave . In agriculture , for_example , despite the advances in biology , elaborate rituals tend to persist along with a continued sense of the imminence of some natural disaster . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)The cycle of disaster starts the moment they touch any belonging of ours , and dogs them unto the forty-fifth generation . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an act that has disastrous consequences
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